Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site omen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!reed!omen!caf From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX) Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: Troff to ConceptWriter Filter tcw.1 Message-ID: <239@omen.UUCP> Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 09:08:33 EDT Article-I.D.: omen.239 Posted: Wed Oct 2 09:08:33 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Oct-85 05:36:00 EDT Distribution: net Organization: Omen Technology, Portland Lines: 136 The following is the man page description of TCW, a program and font width tables to allow TROFF to drive a ConceptWriter laser printer. The program sources are available for *free* downloading from Omen Technology's "Telegodzilla" system (described below). This combination has been used to "typeset" the latest version of the Professional-YAM user's manual as well as various and sundry man pages. ------//Cut Here//------- .fp 1 XR .fp 2 XR .fp 3 XR .fp 4 S .lg 0 .TH TCW 1 OMEN .SH NAME tcw - translate Troff to ConceptWriter\*(Tm .SH SYNOPSIS tcw [\-a N] [\-C N] [\-g] [\-n N] [\-r] [\-s N] [\-S N] [\-v] [\-w] [file] .SH DESCRIPTION Tcw translates the C/A/T phototypesetter codes emitted by troff to ANSI X3.64 codes acceptable to the Concept Technology .B ConceptWriter laser printer. It translates .I file (or standard input) to the standard output. All the available point sizes are supported, including italic, bold, underlining, and the line drawing characters used by tbl. Tcw does not use any floating point or long integer arithmetic. The following options are supported by tcw. .PP .PD 0 .TP .B "a N" Abort/alarm if a page is not output after N seconds, default no alarm. .TP .B "C N" Make N copies of each page. .TP .B g Graphics font override. This is the default. .TP .B "n N" Print only N pages, then exit. .TP .B r Use a Raster font if one is available at the current point size. .TP .B "s N" Skip the first N pages. .TP .B "S N" Feed the first N pages from the manual sheet feeder, the rest from the cassette. .TP .B v Verbose generates debugging output, more v\'s give more debugging information. .TP .B w Wait for a carriage return after each page is output. .PD .SH BUGS Ligatures are not supported (use .lg 0). The font width tables must be loaded with .fp requests. Dashes are full width. A raster font supporting Greek and math characters will be available in the next firmware revision. Cut marks are not entirely eliminated. .SH SEE ALSO The ConceptWriter is a low cost full graphics full bit map laser printer using the Canon laser engine. The ConceptWriter supports Bit Map, ANSI X3.64, VDI, Diablo, Landscape Printer, and Tektronix 4014 (portrait or landscape) graphics codes with a 1.28 MB bit map, giving continuous 300 dot per inch resolution on legal size or smaller pages. The ConceptWriter includes serial and parallel interfaces. .br Concept Technology Inc .br POB 5277 .br Portland OR 97208 .br 1-800-631-2692 503-684-3314 .SH AUTHOR Chuck Forsberg .br Omen Technology Inc .br 17505-V NW Sauvie Island RD .br Portland OR 97231 .br 503-621-3406 .br Special thanks to Henry Spencer for the C/A/T description that facilitated the development of this software, and Chris Lewis for ideas from his .I lcat program. The set of sources is available on .B Telegodzilla, Omen Technology's Professional-YAM software downloading system at 503-621-3746. They are located in the .I "tcw" directory and may be downloaded with any reasonable XMODEM or Kermit program. No special account or password is required to access .B Telegodzilla. .nx ------//Cut Here//------- -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf CIS:70715,131 Omen Technology Inc 17505-V NW Sauvie Island Road Portland OR 97231 Home of Professional-YAM, the most powerful COMM program for the IBM PC Voice: 503-621-3406 Modem: 503-621-3746 (Hit CR's for speed detect) omen Any ACU 1200 1-503-621-3746 se:--se: link ord: Giznoid in:--in: uucp Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com